2008 Oceania Athletics Championships

9th Oceania Athletics Championships
Dates	June 25–28
Host city	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Venue	Oleai Sports Complex
Level	Open senior, U18
Type	Outdoor
Events	84 (21 men, 21 women for 2 age categories)
Participation	23 [1] nations
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The 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships was the 9th edition of the Oceania Athletics Championships, organised under the supervision of the Oceania Athletic Association, in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in June. Athletes competed at two age categories: Youth (U18) and open senior. New Caledonia competed as part of Oceania for the first time, having competed as a guest nation in past events.^[2] The four-day competition took place from 25 to 28 June

  *   Host nation (Host)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	9	9	3	21
2	Papua New Guinea	9	5	4	18
3	Australia	6	3	4	13
4	Samoa	5	3	1	9
5	New Caledonia	3	2	2	7
6	French Polynesia	2	5	3	10
7	Guam	2	4	4	10
8	Cook Islands	1	1	2	4
9	Kiribati	1	1	1	3
10	Norfolk Island	1	0	0	1
11	Tonga	0	2	3	5
12	Northern Mariana Islands*	0	2	2	4
13	Solomon Islands	0	0	2	2
14	Nauru	0	0	1	1
	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		39	37	33	109

The results were published.^[3]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Iowane Dovumatua  Fiji	10.92	Setareki Tikosaya  Fiji	10.99	Jack Iroga  Solomon Islands	11.07
200 m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Isoa Me  Fiji	21.93	Setareki Tikosaya  Fiji	22.02	Jay Stone  Australia	22.08
400 m	Joshua Ahwong  Australia	48.26	Aporosa Tabulawaki  Fiji	48.67	Isoa Me  Fiji	48.75
800 m	Aunese Curreen  Samoa	1:51.16	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	1:53.48	Aporosa Tabulawaki  Fiji	1:57.41
1500 m	Aunese Curreen  Samoa	3:58.76	Isireli Naikelekelevesi  Fiji	4:03.79	Derek Mandell  Guam	4:05.79
5000 m	Brendan Whelan  Australia	16:02.19	Tupuhoe Tahi  French Polynesia	16:12.54	Teiva Izal  French Polynesia	16:13.00
110 m hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Toriki Urarii  French Polynesia	15.11	Kenneth Karosich  Guam	15.50	Inoke Finau  Tonga	15.54
400 m hurdles	Mowen Boino  Papua New Guinea	52.07	Jone Wainiqolo  Fiji	55.79	Kenneth Karosich  Guam	57.02
3000 m steeplechase	Tim Rogers  Norfolk Island	12:18.36	Ketson Kabiriel  Northern Mariana Islands	12:20.07
4 × 100 m	Fiji Iowane Dovumatua Setareki Tikosaya Frank Louey Isoa Me	42.01	Papua New Guinea Reginald Worealevi Kupun Wisil Waname Egora Joe Matmat	42.71	Australia Jay Stone Duane Daley Joshua Ahwong Peter Tuccandidgee	42.84
High jump	David Birati  Kiribati	1.92	Emori Sabua  Fiji	1.86	Kristopher Williamson  Cook Islands	1.83
Long jump	/Frédéric Erin  New Caledonia	7.59 (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jay Stone  Australia	7.10 (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	6.98 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Frank Louey  Fiji	14.23 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	/Kainric Ozoux  New Caledonia	14.05 (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Sandy Katusele  Papua New Guinea	13.99 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot put	/Daniel Kilama  New Caledonia	16.76	Stephen Lasei  Samoa	14.44	/Mathieu Roulet  New Caledonia	13.68
Discus throw	/Daniel Kilama  New Caledonia	48.06	Rooarii Pito  French Polynesia	47.51	/Yann Fuluhea  New Caledonia	45.04
Hammer throw	Thomas McGuire  Australia	46.00	Rooarii Pito  French Polynesia	41.90
Javelin throw	Leslie Copeland  Fiji	67.02	/Mathieu Roulet  New Caledonia	66.08	Nick Gross  Northern Mariana Islands	52.43
Octathlon	Brendan Peeters  Australia	4927	Rabangaki Nawai  Kiribati	4901	Toriki Urarii  French Polynesia	4827
6 km Cross Country	Aunese Curreen  Samoa	21:05	Brendan Whelan  Australia	21:09	Lavi Sam  Vanuatu	21:14
Half Marathon	Tutea Degage  French Polynesia	1:17:38.67	Teiva Izal  French Polynesia	1:19:58.75	Brendan Whelan  Australia	1:24:27.83

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	11.66 CR	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	11.94	Makelesi Tumalevu  Fiji	12.39
200 m (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea	24.11	Toea Wisil  Papua New Guinea	24.45	Betty Burua  Papua New Guinea	25.05
400 m	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	55.45	Betty Burua  Papua New Guinea	55.80	Sharon Henry  Papua New Guinea	58.00
800 m	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	2:10.92	Salote Mereula  Fiji	2:21.80	Nicole Layson  Guam	2:39.63
1500 m	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	4:40.39	Nicole Layson  Guam	5:25.92	Malia’Aneta Patolo  Tonga	5:45.27
5000 m	Nicole Layson  Guam	21:11.76	Malia’Aneta Patolo  Tonga	23:25.96	Luna Tuifutana  Tonga	25:17.43
100 m hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Milika Tuivanuavou  Fiji	16.22	Monique Lafaialii  Samoa	16.34
400 m hurdles	Sharon Henry  Papua New Guinea	61.83	Lata Tuifutuna  Tonga	71.07	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	81.71
4 × 100 m	Papua New Guinea Sharon Henry Mae Koime Betty Burua Toea Wisil	47.27	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Paulini Korowaqa Salote Mereula Milika Tuivanuavou	49.24	Australia Emma-Rose Daby Sarah Busby Emily Keehn Narelle Long	49.92
Long jump	Makelesi Tumalevu  Fiji	5.70 (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Maki Samanth Lockington  Cook Islands	5.07 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Monique Lafaialii  Samoa	10.20 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Shot put	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	13.94	Genie Gierardo  Guam	9.79	Nina Grundler  Nauru	9.66
Discus throw	Tereapii Tapoki  Cook Islands	50.59	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	46.57	Perle Buard  French Polynesia	30.82
Hammer throw	Kelly Humphries  Australia	45.57	Olivia Birkett  Australia	38.33	Margaret Satupai  Samoa	36.11
Javelin throw	Milika Tuivanuavou  Fiji	39.36	Perle Buard  French Polynesia	39.02	Maki Samanth Lockington  Cook Islands	32.70
Heptathlon	Narelle Long  Australia	3081
3 km Cross Country	Salome Dell  Papua New Guinea	11:08	Marie Benito  Guam	12:20	Nicole Layson  Guam	12:31
Half Marathon	Marie Benito  Guam	1:35:20.83	Mieko Carey  Northern Mariana Islands	1:39:32.28	Mamiko Oshima  Northern Mariana Islands	1:42:26.67

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay	Fiji Makelesi Tumalevu Iowane Dovumatua Paulini Korowaqa Aporosa Tabulawaki	1:38.29	Papua New Guinea Shirley Vunatup Waname Egora Betty Burua Kevin Kapmatana	1:39.50	Solomon Islands Pauline Kwalea Jack Iroga Flory Liza Emmanuel Tautaumea	1:41.26

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